Notes

1

Doubtless there were at least some Dwarf settlements among the Iron Hills. Indeed, at the call of Thórin during the Quest of Erebor, Dáin Ironfoot was able to gather and supply five hundred armed Dwarves of the Iron Hills in a matter of days, which implies a fairly organised and centralised society. No settlements, however, are shown on any map of the Iron Hills, so their exact placement is something of a mystery. The point where the river Redwater emerged from the Hills would seem to be a sensible place to establish a Dwarf-city, but we have no direct evidence for this location or any other.